George “The Animal” Steele
American professional wrestler (WWF) and actor (Ed Wood)
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Deaths on February 17
This archive lists notable deaths associated with February 17 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on February 17, 2026.
Evangelos Basiakos
Greek politician
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Michael Novak
Catholic theologian
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Mike Walden
American broadcaster (UCLA)
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Emmanuelle Khanh
French stylist
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
George Steele
American professional wrestler (WWF) and actor (Ed Wood)
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Michèle McQuigg
American politician
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Leonard Myers
American football player (New England Patriots)
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Peter Skellern
English singer-songwriter
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Dick Bruna
Dutch author
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Robert H. Michel
American politician
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Siegfried Herrmann
German Olympic long-distance runner (1956
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Peter Richardson
English cricketer
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Joseph Bonnar
English rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Isarapong Noonpakdee
Thai army officer
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Nicole Bass
American bodybuilder and professional wrestler (WWF
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Dimitris Mytaras
Greek painter
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Rich Ingold
American arena football player and coach (Washington Commandos
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
George Herbert Weiss
American mathematician
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Loren Wiseman
American game designer
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Osmond P. Martin
Belizean Roman Catholic Prelate
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Liu Wan-lai
Taiwanese translator
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Brock Pemberton
American baseball player (New York Mets)
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Archie Lang
American actor (Dallas
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Gelu Barbu
Romanian ballerino and choreograph
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Jo De Winter
American actress (Gloria)
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Tony Phillips
American baseball player (Oakland Athletics
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Eduardo Chirinos
Peruvian poet
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Claude Jeancolas
French author
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Michael Jaharis
American businessman and philanthropist
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
George Redmond
Irish politician
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Alexander Gutman
Russian film director
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Andy Ganteaume
Trinidadian cricket player (West Indies)
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Jesús Barrero
Mexican actor and voice actor (Saint Seiya
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Ronnie Blackman
English footballer (Reading)
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Elias P. Demetracopoulos
Greek journalist and activist
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
Egyptian journalist
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Andrzej Żuławski
Polish film director and writer
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Akbar Kakkattil
Indian writer
Died on Wednesday February 17th 2016
Luis Paulino Mora Mora
Costa Rican jurist
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Mindy McCready
American country music singer (Ten Thousand Angels)
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Georg Luck
Swiss academic
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Tony Lorick
American football player (Baltimore Colts
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Sophie Kurys
American baseball player (Racine Belles)
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Shmulik Kraus
Israeli actor and pop rock singer
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Phil Henderson
American basketball player (Duke University)
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Milan Gvero
Bosnian Serb general (Army of Republika Srpska)
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
André Gingras
Canadian dancer and choreographer
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Debbie Ford
American author
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Manoranjan Das
Indian playwright
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Richard Briers
British actor (The Good Life
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
David Whitehouse
British-born American museum executive (The Corning Museum of Glass)
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
William Bridges
American author and business consultant
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Mike Westhues
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Derek Batey
English quiz show host (Mr. & Mrs.)
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Maretta Taylor
American politician
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin
Irish sports broadcaster
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Frank Wappat
English radio personality (BBC Newcastle)
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Makar Dhwaja Darogha
Indian classical dancer
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
R. K. Srikantan
Indian Carnatic singer
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Bob Casale
American guitarist (Devo) and film score engineer (Happy Gilmore
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Wayne Smith
Jamaican reggae musician ("Sleng Teng")
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Richard N. Cabela
American businessman
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Kokichi Shimoinaba
Japanese politician and police chief
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Reza Berati
Iranian architect and asylum-seeker
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Wolfgang Schulhoff
German politician
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Don Safran
American screenwriter (Happy Days) and producer
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Dick Reynolds
American politician
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Tibor Perecsi
Hungarian footballer
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
James McNaughton
Irish hurler (Antrim)
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Frankie Kao
Taiwanese singer
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Per Källberg
Swedish cinematographer
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Ian Kagedan
Canadian public servant
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Mirza Ahmad Jamil
Pakistani calligrapher
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Hanns Egon Wörlen
German architect
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Peter Florin
German politician and diplomat
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Arthur M. Wolfe
American astrophysicist
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Frank Farmer
American writer and author
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
John Barrow
American CFL football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats)
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
K. Swami Veerabahu
Sri Lankan politician
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
Cathy Ubels-Veen
Dutch politician
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
Henri Martin
French political activist (Henri Martin affair)
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie
British politician
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
Antonio Lanfranchi
Italian Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
Andrzej Koszewski
Polish composer
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
John Hurt Fisher
American literary scholar
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
June Fairchild
American actress (Up in Smoke)
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
Richard Alan Enslen
American federal judge
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe
Burmese Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015
Alberto Coramini
Italian footballer
Died on Tuesday February 17th 2015